Virat kohli vs babar azam in asia cup: The Asia Cup is about to begin. This time this tournament is being played in T20 format. Virat Kohli has retired from T20 cricket after winning the T20 World Cup 2024. Because of this, they are not part of the team going to the Asia Cup of India this time. At the same time, Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam has not been included in the Pakistan team for the Asia Cup. At the same time, Mohammad Rizwan has also been kept away from T20 squad.

Kohli or Babur, Who is better in Asia Cup?

Virat Kohli and Babar Azam’s Asia Cup figures are very different. Virat has played 26 matches in the Asia Cup tournament. At the same time, Babur has played only 16 matches. The figures in Virat’s Asia Cup are quite tremendous. Whether the Asia Cup has been played in ODIs or in T20, Virat has performed better every time.

Virat Kohli’s dangerous figures in Asia Cup

Looking at Virat Kohli’s Asia Cup ODI figures, Virat has scored 742 runs in 16 matches at an average of 61.83. This includes four centuries and a half -century. Kohli’s best score in Asia Cup ODI is 183 runs. The Asia Cup has been played in T20 format only twice before in 2016 and 2022. Together in both these tournaments, Kohli has scored 429 runs in 10 matches at an average of 85.80. Virat’s best score in Asia Cup T20 is 122 not out.

Babar Azam’s journey in Asia Cup

Babar Azam has scored 363 runs in 10 matches in the Asia Cup ODI at an average of 40.33. Babur’s best score in ODI Asia Cup is 151 runs. There is a great difference in the average of Virat and Babur’s runs in the Asia Cup. While Kohli has scored at an average of around 62 in the Asia Cup, Babur’s average average is close to 40. Babur has played the Asia Cup only once in T20 format in 2022. In this tournament, this Pakistani player could not show anything special. Babur scored only 68 runs in 6 matches at an average of 11.33.

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Babar Azam is compared to the world’s great cricketer Virat Kohli. Although many veterans believe that Virat is much larger than Azam and is ahead in terms of records, so they should not be compared. Former Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad also believes that both of them should not be compared, although he believes that it increases the pressure on Babur.

In an interview, Shahzad Ahmed said that such comparison increases the non -Nearly pressure on the players, it is clearly visible in Babar Azam’s recent performance. They believe that this comparison is also unfair.

What did Shahzad say to compare Babar Azam with Virat Kohli

He said, “When everything was right, you were running a campaign comparing players. Now that he is not in form, you are saying that do not compare 2 players. Virat Kohli cannot be compared to anyone in the world. He is a legendary player of generation, ideal.”

He further said, “You cannot even compare him to MS Dhoni. Dhoni has undoubtedly been a great captain, but Kohli is alone as a batsman, cricketer and an athlete. No one should compare anyone, it is not right and doing so makes additional pressure on the players. This is clearly seen in Babar Azam’s recent form.”

Babar Azam did not hit any international century for 2 years

The possibility of playing Babar Azam in the upcoming Asia Cup is negligible. He has not played a single T20 match this year, PCB is continuously dropping him. It has been almost 2 years since he scored an international century. Babar Azam scored the last international century against Nepal in 2023. In the last match of the West Indies ODI series, which ended today, he was able to score only 9 runs, before that he could not even open an account in the second ODI.

International career of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam

Talking about Virat Kohli, he retired from this format after winning the T20 World Cup 2024, after which he also said goodbye to the Test. Now Virat Kohli only plays ODI format. India’s next ODI series is against Australia.

Virat Kohli

• Test: 9230 runs, 30 centuries and 31 half -centuries in 123 matches
• T20: 14181 runs, 51 centuries and 74 half -centuries in 302 matches
• ODI: 4188 runs, 1 century and 38 half -centuries in 125 matches

Babar Azam

• Test: 4235 runs, 9 centuries and 29 half -centuries in 59 matches
• T20: 6291 runs, 19 centuries and 37 half -centuries in 134 matches
• ODI: 4223 runs, 3 centuries and 36 half -centuries in 128 matches

Such a period of cricket is going on, when those players are going to retire, who waved their glory worldwide in the 2010s. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are also among these players, who have said goodbye to T20 and Test formats. These days, Pakistan vs Bangladesh T20 series is also in discussion, where Bangladesh had trampled the Pak team badly in the first 2 matches. One thing to note in this series is that Babar Azam is not a part of the Pakistan team. Have he also retired from T20 cricket like Virat Kohli?

Has Babar Azam retired from T20?

No, Babar Azam has not retired from T20 format. For a long time, his poor form in his T20 has become the main reason for Babur’s drop. During this stormy batting era, Babur’s Strike Rate in T20 is also not of 130. Due to this poor form, he also had to lose his hand with captaincy. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan are also struggling with this situation. Let us know that now Salman is captaining Pakistan’s T20 team.

What did the coach of Pakistan say on Babar Azam?

Last month, the news was very much discussed that Babar Azam can do wicketkeeping. But Pakistan team coach Mike Hessen had made it clear that Babur had never done wicketkeeping nor was any idea to hand over the weight of wicketkeeping. Instead, Babur can present his claim for the opening slot, but in the T20 team, the weight of the opening batting is being handled by Fakhar Zaman and Sam Job.

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